Oil-burner.



No. 879,002. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

P. B. REED.

- OIL BURNER. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 5. 1907.

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Afforneys No. 879,002. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908. J P.B.REED.

OIL BURNER.

. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 5, 1907.

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WITNESSES: [NVE/VTOR Aflohzeys PEARL B. REED, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

OIL-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed July 5' 1907. Serial No. 382.374.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEARL B. REED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners and I dohere by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful imrovements in burners, and moreparticuarly to that class adapted to be used for burning crude oil, andmy object is to provide means for forming a perfect combustion, wherebythe crude oil will produce a perfect, or blue flame.

A further object is to provide means for heating the oil, whereby thesame will be delivered to the combustion point in jets.

A still further object is to provide a suitable pan for catching thedrippings and a still further object is to provide means for mixing airwith the oil in the dripping pan, whereby a perfect combustion of thesame will be obtained.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a central, vertical, sectional view through the burner. Fig.2 is a sectional view thereof, as seen on line 22, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa sectional view as seen on line 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevationof an air distributer employed in producing perfect combustion, and,Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the burner showing a slightly modifiedform of air drum.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indi cates a tankhaving an opening 2 in the bottom 3 thereof, through which extends anoil feed pipe 4, said pipe being provided with a collar 5, on which thebottom 3 of the tank rests.

The bottom 3 extends beyond the wall of the tank and is bent downwardlyto form a deflector 6,, while the upper end of the tank 1 is providedwith a dome-like cover 7, having at its apex, a passage 8, through whichthe oil is adapted to escape from the tank.

In order to introduce and mix air with the burning oil, so that perfectcombustion will be accomplished, I provide a plurality of air tubes 9,which extend upwardly and inwardly from the bottom 3 to the passage 8 inthe cover 7 ,said air tubes being flared from their lower to their upperends and terminating in the upwardly and outwardly curved flange 10, thecurved portion of said flange extending over the passage 8 in the cover7 and at a pre-determined distance above the same, so that the oil, whenexpelled through the passage 8, will be uniformly distributed around theflange and directed outwardly therefrom, and in order to properlycommingle the air with the oil to obtain a perfect combustion, I providean air distributer 11,

the peripheral surface of which is shaped similarly to the flange 10,but is of less diameter than the flange, so that an air space 12 isformed between the flange and distributer and the distributer is securedin position by directing a stem 13, on the lower end of the distributer,through a bore 14, in the bottom wall 15 of the flange 10, and byarranging the upper ends of the air tubes 9 so that the openings thereinwill register with the air space 12, it will be seen that the air willbe uniformly directed around the distributer 11 and into the gasesarising from the burning oil, and by regulating the flow of the airthrough the tubes, a perfect combustion may be accomplished.

Surrounding the feed pipe 1, at a suitable point below the bottom 3 ofthe tank, is an air drum 16, through the upper end of which is formedports 17, thereby allowing the air entering the drum to freely pass intothe space below the deflector 6 and into the air tubes 9, the lower endof the drum 16 being open, so that air may readily pass into the drum.

Surrounding the drum 6, and adjacent the upper end thereof, is a pan 18,into which any unused oil may descend from the burner and said pan isalso used for generating purposes, so that the tank containing the oilmay be heated to start the flow of oil through the passage 8, and itwill further be seen that the oil descending from the burner orotherwise dripping into the pan, may be ignited and the air passingbetween the pan and deflector will serve to cause perfect combustion ofthe oil bein burned in the pair.

I pre er to use the crude oil in its natural state, and by the presentconstruction of the burner, I am enabled to obtain complete combustion,but, if desired, water may be employed in connection with the oil andwhen so employed, the water is directed into the tank through a pipe 19,which extends from any suitable source of supply and enters the tank 1adjacent the upper end thereof.

These burners are adapted to be placed directly in a fire box of theusual, or any preferred form of stove and the air drum extended throu hthe grate in the stove and into the usuaI form of ash-pit where airenters the drum, but, if preferred, an elbow 20 may be attached to thelower end of the drum 16 and extended forwardly through the front wallof the stove, so that the air may enter the drum without passing intothe ash-pit.

In starting my improved burner, a quantity of oil is placed inthe pan 18and ignited, the heat and flame arising therefrom surrounding the tank 1and passing through the tubes 9 and, thereby, heating the oil in thetank, so that by the time the .oil in the pan is consumed, the oil inthe tank will have been heated to the boiling point, so that the oilwill be thrown through the passage 8 and deflected over the cover of theburner by the flange 10 and when the oil exuding from the passage 8 isignited, the heat therefrom will keep the oil in the tank at the propertemperature, and an air distributer will direct the air into the flamearound the flange and produce a proper combustion.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economicalform of burner and one wherein crude oil may be employed for producingcombustion, and it will further be seen that by arranging the air tubesand distributers therefor, as shown, the air will be properly commingledwith the oil to produce a perfect combustion.

What I claim is:

1. In a burner of the class described, the

through and above said passage, a distributer surrounded by said flangeand of less diameter than the diameter of the flange, whereby an airspace is formed between the flange and distributer, a plurality of airtubes extending through said tank and communicating at their upper endswith the air passage, a deflector surrounding the lower end of saidtank, means to direct the air into said deflector and through the airtubes and means to convey oil into said tank.

2. In a burner of the class described, the combination with a tankhaving a bottom section, a dome-like cover at the upper end of saidtank, said cover having a passage through the center thereof; of anupwardly and outwardly curved flange extending through said passage, adistributer surrounded by said flange, the peripheral wall of which iscurved to conform to the contour of the flange, said distributer beingof less diameter than the flange to form a space between the flange anddistributer, a plurality of air tubes extending through the bottomsection and communicating at their upper ends with the air space betweenthe distributer and the flange, a deflector surrounding the lower end ofsaid tank, a feed pipe entering said tank through the bottom section, anair drum below said bottom section and a drip pan below said tank.

In testimony whereof I, have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PEARL B. REED.

IVitnesses:

B. S. BARTON, J. R. MoNARY.

